TY - BOOK AU - Ben Salah,Jihane TI - Granting citizenship under the colonial empire: The Morinaud Law and the protectorate of Tunisia during the interwar period PY - 2022///. N1 - 94 N2 - The governance of colonial societies relied on strictly defined statuses that separated different population groups. Granting citizenship to colonial subjects through procedures enabling naturalization was an extremely rare occurrence. However, in 1923, the colonial authorities of the protectorate of Tunisia granted access to French citizenship to foreigners who were largely European, as well as to Tunisians. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, this article analyzes the effects of the 1923 Morinaud Law, which was adopted for the Tunis Regency, on the administrative procedures and ensuing influx of naturalizations. It highlights the uniqueness of the Tunisian situation within the French empire UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-vingt-et-vingt-et-un-revue-d-histoire-2021-4-page-73?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -